REPLICATABLE HYBRIDIZABLE RECOMBINANT RNA PROBES AND METHODS OF USING SAME

摘要

A replicable and hybridizable recombinant single-stranded RNA probe molecule is described comprising: a recognition sequence for the binding of an RNA-directed RNA polymerase; a sequence required for the initiation of product strand synthesis by the polymerase; and a heterologus RNA sequence inserted at a specific site in the internal region of the recombinant molecule and complementary to an oligo or polynucleotide of interest. Methods are also described for determining the presence or concentration of an oligo- or polynucleotide of interest in a sample and for simultaneously determining the presence or concentration of several different oligo- or polynucleotides of interest in a sample.